FDCR 2025
Student Day Programme
(subject to change)
Student Day Virtual Attendance
Meeting ID: 369 440 912 629 8
Passcode: tp2k3sG7
FDCR Forum Meeting Virtual Attendance
The FDCR Forum Meeting is a general meeting to discuss matters relating to the FDCR Platform implementation, including its focus areas/domains, projects, governance, future conferences, human capital development, etc. While the Meeting is open to anyone, it is expected that all FDCR-funded students and their supervisors, the domain leads, and representatives from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR), South African National Blockchain Alliance (SANBA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) Contract Management team and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation’s (DSTI) Contract Management team, will attend.
Meeting ID: 324 749 122 904 8
Passcode: r5TV95QY
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Venue: Coastlands Hotel and Conference Centre, Umhlanga
Chairperson: Dr Hlabi Kobo
| 09:00-09:15 | Opening and Welcome | |
| Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | ||
| 09:15-09:40 | Investigating supervised surface segmentation of isiZulu text using synthetic data generation | Sthembiso Mkhwanazi |
| 09:40-10:05 | Trajectory Planning and Collision Avoidance for the Voyager Unmanned Ground Vehicle in Dynamic Environments | Dean Jeggels |
| 10:05-10:30 | Developing and testing a robust collision avoidance system path planning algorithm in dynamic environments using the Voyager platform | Josue Tigalioma |
| 10:30-11:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | ||
| 11:00-11:25 | Cooperative Collision Avoidance for the Voyager Unmanned Ground Vehicle: Practical Implementation and Demonstration | Thando Mtimkulu |
| 11:25-11:50 | Data-Driven Control System Design for the Voyager Unmanned Ground Vehicle | Brandon Chetty |
| Cloud to Edge Computing, Advanced-IoT, and Networking | ||
| 11:50-12:15 | An Emulation Tool for South African Public Schools Software Defined Network Based ICT Infrastructure | Wandile Mnyandu |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch Break | |
| Cloud to Edge Computing, Advanced-IoT, and Networking | ||
| 13:15-13:40 | Improved Anomaly Detection Algorithms with Novel Data Pre-Processing Models for Use in Interconnected Smart Transactive Microgrids | Ipeleng Machele |
| 13:40-14:05 | Dynamic Edge Computing Framework for Offloading Metaheuristic Optimization-based Tasks in Resource Constrained IoT Systems | Nkele Molokomme |
| 14:05 -14:30 | An Efficient Model for Latency Optimisation for 5G-Enabled IoT Applications in Smart Farming | Ntshuxeko Makondo |
| 14:30-15:00 | Tea / Coffee Break | |
| Cloud to Edge Computing, Advanced-IoT, and Networking | ||
| 15:00-15:25 | Trust in Peer-to-Peer Blockchain-Based Energy Trading | Boitumelo Leotlela |
| Blockchain and Cybersecurity | ||
| 15:25-15:50 | Enhancing Information Protection Practices in a South African State-Owned Enterprise (SOE): A Case Study Approach and My Supervisor | Nokuthaba Siphambili |
| 15:50-16:00 | Closing Remarks | |
